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17-10-2017 08:07 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
Hello @Shakeelah25 we still got another hour my friend
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17-10-2017 08:09 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
Some of the things that make me feel better within the framework of my mental illness:
- making the bed every day
- getting out of the flat each day if possible
- doing my washing regularly
- showering regularly
- keeping up my creative pursuits
- being with other people I love
- walking on the beach
A lot of the things that help me are also things I struggle to do almost every day.
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17-10-2017 08:12 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
For me, recovery is a spectrum. There's no hard and fast rules to say when you have recovered or when you'll reach recovery. Something to consider in my recovery is my level of functioning, which I believe goes hand in hand with my level of recovery. Eleven years on from my first diagnosis, I would say (like an old Sane book of the year), I am recovered, not cured. I will probably always have my diagnosis, but that doesn't mean I cannot recover and reach a level of functionality which mirrors that of my peers. Things like getting up in the morning and either studying, or eventually pursuing a career of my choice, having successful close interpersonal relationships with people I care about (and who care about me), making positive life choices which are individual to me.
Sure, I'll have my dips and bad times, are the road to recovery and healing is not linear.
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17-10-2017 08:14 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
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17-10-2017 08:16 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
Welcome @Queenie - thank you for this perspective. I like how you have differentiated 'recovered' from 'cured'
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17-10-2017 08:20 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
They are attainable goals to have @Shakeelah25. I've recently had an uproar of feelings towards people I care about, but who do not care about me (therefore not an investable relationship if that at all makes sense). I have a few close relationships which are rewarding and operate on a successful two-way street... the way it should be.
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17-10-2017 08:20 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
I think that reaching the acceptance phase in the grief of a diagnosis, which encompasses the limitations of the diagnosis is somehow involved in this. Then there is the matter of opportunity ...
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17-10-2017 08:20 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
@frog, yes, we seem to have similar perspectives on this. I like what you say about it being a movement in the best direction to let go of fantasies of complete cure in cases like ours. I agree that acceptance is not easy, perhaps it comes in waves over time.
Having said that, I know there is a big difference between me in an out of control bipolar state and where I am now, which is relatively stable, or at least without the huge extreme swings of mood I used to experience. In this sense I have reached some degree of 'remission' through medication, therapy and self growth. But the picture of my life (to those who know me) doesn't look much at all like 'the norm' and is not likely to ever resemble that really.
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17-10-2017 08:24 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
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17-10-2017 08:30 PM
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Re: Topic Tuesday // What does recovery mean to you? // 17 Oct. 7pm AEDT
I think you're onto something @Mazarita re acceptance perhaps coming in waves over time. I really like that analogy. On my better days I see myself as riding the waves of emotion, anxiety, whatever comes my way. Acceptance underpins this. The question about what we can do to feel good ... I am working on self compassion and self care.